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As a big fan of DOA since the late seventies, I was really looking forward to reading this book. Joe gives you a great amount of background about one of the hardest working bands ever.
If you love punk music and the DIY attitude, this book is must read.

Anyone, and I do mean ANYONE, who is interested in the west coast punk scene needs to read this book. Keithley gives a fantastic first hand account of how he formed his band and all of the tests they endured going from relative nobodies to one of the biggest and best known punk bands in North America.

The book is also a mini how-to manual for anyone interested in starting up their own punk band. Keithley talks about the business side of the music industry, what it's like to play gigs to crowds of different sizes and interests, and above all, he gives a great first hand account of just what it takes to make it in the music business.

Finally, Keithley's writing style is very easy to digest. The book is written like the lyrics to many of his songs; straight ahead without and BS! What's more, the book contains many pictures and personal anecdotes about Vancouver and places beyond. In reading the book it easy to see yourself sitting at a bar with Keithley as he tells a couple tales over a couple of beers.

If you're a punk, or even think about calling yourself a punk, then you owe it to yourself to give this book a read.

Sit down at a kitchen table with Joe Keithley. Open a few beers, and hand him one, or two... Ask him to give you a crash course on himself and his legendary punk band, D.O.A., making sure not to gloss over the interesting bits.

If you can't arrange to do this with Joe, picking up a copy of this book would be your only alternative. It's 200+ pages of compelling reading, written by a man who helped define punk music both in and out of Canada, and who certainly put Canada at the roots of the punk historical tree.

Unlike a lot of books about punk bands, this is first-person stuff of the first order.

I will start by claiming 100% bias as I've known the author for well over 20 years and have greatly enjoyed his contributions to punk rock for over 25 years. DOA taught a lot of us how to go out and get it done, with "it" being spreading the music and message to the less than masses spread out among the world. Joe's book is simple, straightforward blast of history that will interest anyone into the punk rock way of existence. Essential reading, so get it and enjoy!

Ice-T, The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a [censored]? (St. Martin's Press, 1994)

I've been a fan of Ice-T since Power back in 1988; the man is one of the kings of the [censored]-talkers. It shouldn't surprise me, then, to find out that he's also very good at being a straight-talker. In a time of "how to fix the country" political books, this one, written almost fifteen years ago, is still as fresh, direct, and applicable as it was in the Clinton era.

Why is this? Well, the main reason is because Ice-T wasn't writing a "how to fix the country" book aimed at middle-class white America; he was writing a book about what Ice-T thought. The press can be forgiven for assuming that middle-class white Americans interested in finding out how to fix the country would pass it over. Because of that, he gets away with saying a lot of things (and saying them in a far more direct manner) that you're not going to get from pundits. And, here's a big surprise, you're going to hear different things-- things that stem from common sense, not political think tanks staffed with people who've never even met a homeless person, let alone been one.

Here's an idea: let's send a copy of this book to everyone in Congress. Let's send a copy of it to each of our elected officials in city and state governments. Let's see if any of them read it and get some food for thought. Hey, it can't hurt. But then, that's just my opinion, who gives a [censored]? ****

I lent this book to a friend, and she REFUSED to give it back. I had to put her in a choke-hold in order to get the 20 bucks that the book cost me. Ice T is tha MAN! Buy this book, baby!

Holly

Ice gives thought provoking insight on sex, gangs, love,religon and much more. This universal book proves that he is more than a controversial rapper. And after reading it you will realize he is a lot smarter than most people. Not since Alex Haley's "Malcom X" has there been a book by a black author that has expressed so many interesting ideas and opinions with such honest and clarity.

The Ice Opinion (subtitled Who Gives A Fuck) is a must read for gritty urban insight combined with no-nonsense practical business sense, and a splash of dry humor to wash it down. "OG Rapper Ice T" proves again and again, using his own experiences as example, that individual success in any arena and all industries is not only possible, but mandatory for personal growth; This book has been almost impossible to locate on the common market since it's release in 1994, it is astounding how many people have never read it! This is a book you will find yourself quoting later. A must have for the rap afficando!

Love this cd and wonderful with Celine Dion. I like all the different languages and "Si Tu Me Amas, and Dour Que Tu M'aimes Encore (and all the others too.) Tell me, re: Ancora...my daughter (who speaks French and Spanish fluently) and I are guessing that ancora means, again, encore, repeat....are we right?
My best to the four true divos! Stephanie, Newport Beach, CA. USA

i was very pleased with the item. It is worth it to buy as it has all the music sheet for the album ancora of Il Divo and the arrangements are true to the original

From the information provided on the Amazon web page I knew that this was a paperback book...contents unknown. It should be labelled as "music sheets for piano, vocal and guitar". I could not get further information from Amazon about the contents, so bought the book thinking it might be a discography or highlights of a recent tour. I cannot comment about the usefulness of the songbook as I am not musically inclined.

If you love Il Divo, you HAVE to have this book! Ancora is written for Piano/Vocal/Guitar and has the vocal harmonies written out. It is a great find! The group takes popular songs and sings them in a classical style. It's something fun and different! I love it!

As a Ph.D student of Geotechnical Engineering at UC Berkeley, I recommend Prof. Goodman's "Introduction to Rock Mechanics". This book has been, and always is the kind of can't-afford-without reference book for every Engineer and Scientist in the field of Rock Engineering and Enginnering Geology.

This book treats many aspects of engineering properties of rock. Block Theory is actually the highlight of this book. By projecting 3D block pyramids into 2-D steronet, the stability of slope cut comprised of jointed rock blocks becomes quite evident, and the analysis method is straight-forward and can performed by hand. Key blocks (removable blocks) could be identified and so does the corresponding bolting forces and so on. As put in the comments of Prof. Goodman's 35th Rankine Lecture (1995), Block Theory initiated by Prof. Goodman and Dr. Shi here at Berkeley really makes the once impossible 3D rock slope problem completely POSSIBLE. Block Theory maybe one of the most elegant theories of this kind in Rock Engineering, and this book will give you the best introductory insight you could expect.

Kowning Prof. Goodman personally very well, I could say that he is really a "good man" , actually, one of the most distinguished figures in acadamics. His talent in both academics and musics makes this book very easy to read. Thus I strongly recommend this book to you, and hope to share with you the exciting world of ROCK.

As a Ph.D student of Geotechnical Engineering at UC Berkeley, I recommend Prof. Goodman's "Introduction to Rock Mechanics". This book has been, and always is the kind of can't-afford-without reference book for every Engineer and Scientist in the field of rock Engineering and Enginnering geology.

This book treats many aspects of engineering properties of rock. Block Theory is actually the highlight of this book. By projecting 3-D block pyramids into 2-D steronet, the stability of slope cut comprised of jointed rock blocks becomes quite evident, and the analysis method is straight-forward and can performed by hand. Key blocks (removable blocks) could be identified and so does the corresponding bolting forces and so on. As put in the comments of Prof. Goodman's 35th Rankine Lecture (1995), Block Theory initiated by Prof. Goodman and Dr. Shi here at Berkeley really makes the once impossible 3D rock slope problem completely POSSIBLE. Block Thoery maybe one of the most elegant theory of this kind in Rock Engineering, and this book will give you the best introductory insight you could expect.

Kowning Prof. Goodman personally very well, I could say that he is really a "good man" , actually, one of the most distinguished figures in acadamics. His talent in both academics and musics makes this book very easy to read. Thus I strongly recommend this book to you, and hope to share with you the exciting world of ROCK.

I am a student of geotechnical engineering. I am reading this book as the text book of rock mechanics course and I think this is the best book for learning rock mechanics.It describes Rock Mechanics in the easiest way and with the easiest words. I read the 1989 second edition of this book and unfortunetly I can't buy new version because it is so expensive for me!

This is a great text which introduces all of the fundmental aspects of rock mechanics, including the use of block theory. It is a great resource for both students and professionals.

This book is an absolute must for anyone working with minerals in any way. Beeing an introduction to rockforming minerals it is very conprehensive. It is very valuable not only as a textbook but also as a handbook in the lab. As the title says it covers the rockforming minerals so dont expect to find exotic minearls. You can though expect to find a relatively detailed introduction to the most important minerals. It far surpasses any student minaralogy to my knowledge.

Includes chapters on every major rock-forming mineral, with sections on structure, chemistry, optical and physical properties, distinguishing features, and paragenesis for almost every mineral. All this is presented in a clear and organized fashion.

Extremely useful reference book. As a grad student studying mineralogy, I couldn't do without it. A+

An great book. I have the 13th impression of this book published in 1982. We used this book in second year mineralogy and found it very useful not only in mineraology but throughout the remaining years of our geology program at University. The book is easy to use and has all the different groups, ortho- ring silicates, chain silicates, sheet silicates, framework silicates and non silicates and provides information pertaining to properties, crystal structure, chemistry and paragenesis.

The student edition of Deer Howie and Zussman is the most important mineralogy book that geology students should have in their collection. It provides information that not only helps while learning mineralogy, but becomes an essential and much consulted reference in later years. By limiting itself to the rock forming minerals it provides the solid information for learning real-world mineralogy without the trivial frills. This is the most consulted book on my bookshelf.

I'm not a "romance" enthusiast but "It Happened Near the Cliff Rock" was well written. The main character was well developed and very believable...I read it from a man's perspective...Nice twists and turns (I was surprised at the end). Author has a very easy-to-read writing style.

I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick read, but full of stuff. I found a love story which kept me waiting till the end. I also enjoyed the characters! Hope to read more by this author. I hear Ms Connolly is new. Tell her she did a very good job. I think.

I enjoyed this story very much about a young girl from the Pacific Northwest who must learn the ways of the world for the first time. She shows great fortitude and character for a woman. I loved getting into her character and I especially appreciated seeing all the strings tied up by the end. The author left nothing out. Good read for the searcher, for the seeker, and for anyone who likes a good clean and refreshing love story.

Shirley is a new author and for a first book this is wonderful. It has everything readers enjoy in a book. It is a love story and much more, including an unexpected twist! Author! Author! When can I expect another novel and let it be known I will certainly be watching for it and looking forward to good read in front of roaring fire that will make me come away grinning from ear to ear! Congratulations Shirley Kiger Connolly!

This is one of the best chronicles of that 60s social phenomenon known as the Counterculture ever, and there are many. I'm so very glad that it is still available after all these years, and you can't beat the price. Amazing, considering what you are getting. If you have an interest in that period, by all means order this book! It's sure to delight. I got mine (several, in fact) back sometime soon after '87 as a cut out for about $1.99 or so. There were a lot of them then. The cover price was $9.95, so it was a deal. I guess they didn't sell so well, maybe.

It's a fine book, for those who wish to study and/or relive that time, and for collectors alike, and contains plenty of photos. It even has two sections in glorious color. I don't know if it was ever released in large, coffee table size, but it should have been.

But what I really want to know is---what happened to the companion VIDEO? It seemed to have been a one-time thing. About 1 hour 40 minutes in length, it was shown on PBS in 1987 and, to my knowledge never again on any other station, nor was it ever (again, so far as I know) offered commercially. Those who were lucky enough to know copied the broadcast on their primitive (probably monaural) video cassette recorders. Otherwise, it seems to have been lost to time.

This video by the same name as the book so much should be reissued and made available to the public. It contains many by now classic interviews with the movers and shakers, such as: George, Paul, Ringo & John, Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsburg, Abbie Hoffman, etc.,---plus vintage be-in, rally and concert footage, more interviews, philosophizing, a fantastic animation and 3D zoom of the iconic images of the Sgt. Pepper album cover, not to mention song by song analysis of the lp, etc. It swirls with color and presents an intellectual side of the 60s counterculture not often covered. We've had The Beatles Anthology, and it was great. Why not this?

I bought this book in '87 when I was 20 years old living in L.A. What a great introduction to the Beatles and the impact of Sgt. Pepper's. The book mostly quoted other people; big names and people who where involved in the making of Sgt. Pepper's and other cultural wittness. D. Taylor never got bogged down in the quotes. Instead, you get quick little excerpts of people's thoughts. You can easily open to any page and read incredible happenings/thoughts - that was how I read the book the first time. As the years went by, I read it cover to cover. Every page is LOADED with pictures. If you got a teenagers or young adult who is getting into Sgt. Pepper's, I highly suggest this book. This will be required reading in my house as my children come of age.

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Sure ya do.

Yer a kid, and you're surfing the net
and I've seen you, outside,
in your bell bottom pants.

Bell bottoms. Oh god. *grin*

But fashion isn't the point here; nor the drug culture,
nor the music, nor the being-in, nor the Be-ins. There were
truths being explored and exposed about this world
we lived in then--truths you have profited from--oh yes, you have.

And Derek Taylor let me in on a few. And he does it wonderfully,
as only a real insider can. With respect and concern and some
sadness, for a time that passed away too fast.

I grew up in that era--okay, I didn't; I was just a tad too young,
just a tad too scared, just a tad too unable to completely grasp
what was happening in places I never really knew the geography of--inner, or otherwise.

Though, to a degree, being eleven made it easier for me
to grasp some of the new ways--whether I realized it or
not. Being young is like that, lemma tell you

or you can tell me. *grin*

No past to climb on. Searching for clues. Listening to rock stars. Following your muse.

But the inner geography still exists--whether it died a slow,
external, corporate death, or not. And Derek was there. Just
like he was there, in the car with the Beatles being crushed
with the mobs of Beatlemania, in 1964.

He was there and it scared the hell of out him too. But in a
way, that it's okay to be scared; in a way, that makes you sit
up and think. And he did some and he did some drugs and he'll
tell you about it, so that you understand why, and he cleared
his mind and so did a lot of people..

during that view.

That view? The Summer of 1967. Or thereabouts.

This book is filled with quotes and facts and people and music
and people and ideologies and people and no one has a
franchise on what the 60's was selling. You dig?

So take a look and be amazed and learn where you're headed.

Cos this is where you came from.

Try this book. It's good.

I thank you.

There are countless books about the 60s, but only a few which really capture the feeling of limitless possibilities & potential as we experienced it then. This is one of those books, written by someone who was there on the inside, participating & observing in delight & wonder ... & perhaps a litle bit of bemused trepidation, too. For younger generations, the 60s are often just a flashy mass of superficial cliches, co-opted by commercial culture & stripped of any deeper meaning. Derek Taylor reminds us that it was a period of yearning, of searching, of exploration ... and yes, sometimes youthful folly. But that was part of the journey, for as William Blake told us nearly two centuries before, "If the fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise."

What's especially enjoyable about this book is that it covers a lot of ground that gets overlooked by the usual 30-second clips & sound bites of this era. The London poetry scene, the synergy in the arts -- it's all here, with tidbits of unexpected information. For example, the Beatles mulling the possibility of starring in a film adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings," with Paul as Frodo, Ringo as Sam, George as Gandalf, and John as Gollum? Could there have been better casting? :)

Such was the colorful, absurdly wonderful reality of that brief moment in time, when it truly seemed possible to tear down the "dark, Satanic mills" & build a better world. It must seem utterly unreal & impossible to a younger generation, but yes, the everyday world wasn't always such a dark, cynical, despairing place ... and maybe it offers hope that we can outlive these current bleak times & eventually build something better one day.

Definitely recommended!

Simply put, there is no book like this about rap in Los Angeles. From KDAY to the Watts Prophets to Death Row, this book covers EVERYTHING you know about Hip Hop in LA, a story that is distinctly different from Hip Hop in New York. It features interviews with LA's biggest - Dre, Eazy, Cube, Ice-T, Cypress Hill, etc. - and leaves nothing out. This is a story that's rarely told, which is strange when one considers that LA rap was the force that mainstreamed Hip Hop. Hard to find, but a must have for any mainstream rap historian.

I have to give it up to Brian for the very honest and understanding picture that he paints of the early to middle development of the westcoast hip hop scene. Through his interviews and writings, hip-hop fans get a real sense of how rap music developed on the west coast and they hear the stories directly from the artists themselves. This book is priceless and a definite must have for all music fans. In fact, somebody stole my only copy so I need to buy another one. Cli-N-Tel

My bedroom in the Picture section LINK'S Room with the SP1200 from back in the days

West Coast Style LINK

Freestyle Fellowship's Mikah 9 is the preeminent freestyle rapper of all time. He is the John Coltrane of the modern era.

So far it is a good read,for I have not finished it as of yet

Jade (Fred Ward Gem Book)The pictures in this book are magnificent and show jade--and jade carving at its best! In fact, it is difficult to take your eyes off the pictures long enough to read the text. Readable, not pedantic--the book definitely shows the carvers skill and how the jade speaks to them about what to carve. This book truly shows the one stone that responds to a person's "chi." If you don't believe me, get the book--then buy some really good--not dyed or infused--jade and wear it next to your skin. See . . . I told you.

There are not too many books on Jade, so I'm glad I found this one. It was pretty informative and had very nice photographs illustrating the author's points. It's worth it if you're in the jewelry business and want to know more about jade, and it's good for any jade collector. I found the information to be accurate.

Like all of the Fred Ward Gem Books Series, this is an instant classic. It features National Geographic quality photos, no surprise since Ward has photographed/authored a number of articles for that magazine. My favorite section deals with the jade from Meso-America, used by the Olmec, Mayan and Aztec civilizations. But it also contains much on Burmese and Chinese jade. This is simply an outstanding book. Buy it.

It's a superb book, very nice photos, most of them i have never seen before. The thing that i notice in the pictures, is that John never smiled in this book (apart from the cover and other two pictures, i think), he look's old, small, sad or maybe depresed. I have the Instamatic Karma too, and it's other John that appears on this book, he looks alive, happy and reflexive. In the end, it's a must buy for any Lennon fans.

Thanks.

This book is simply wonderful. It has some of the most intimate and beautiful pictures of John and Yoko ever published. A must have for any Lennon fan!

John and Yoko: A New York Love Story contains a collection of photographs by photographer Allan Tannenbaum of the long lasting romance between John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Many of the photos may have been seen by the public, and several have not been published before. Tannenbaum shows John and Yoko in their most intimate moments, which were shot at New York's Sperone Westwater Gallery and Central Park; the concluding photographs do not need too much description and show fans paying tribute to John as well Yoko posing in the same spot where John and she had walked days before. And by looking at the photographs, one can see it was yet another end to an era.

The most interesting part about the book is its beautiful layout. With the turn of the first page one can see what they are in store for. The pages are comprised of a variety of size photos from proofs to blown-up portraits of John and Yoko in glorious b/w and color, which capture their candidness as a couple and individually; Tannenbaum and book designer Barbara Genetin do a great job displaying the images.

Overall, this is a highly recommended book for John and Yoko fans or photography aficionados. With its over-sized coffee table book format, this may make a nice addition to anyone's book collection.

Allen Tannenbaum's book "John And Yoko: A New York Love Story" is a candid photo album of John and Yoko at work and play in and around New York City. Tannenbaum is granted amazing access to the couples lives. The photos are beautiful and give one a sense of intimacy of John and Yoko's life together. The overall effect of the book is to remind us of the tragic lost of John Lennon for Yoko, Sean, and the rest of us.